The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday unveiled its new Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS), which aims to advance DHS’s statistical reporting and analysis capabilities. […]
The years-long debate of whether or not AI governance should be centralized within one Federal entity stepped back into the limelight Wednesday as lawmakers scramble to craft a bipartisan, comprehensive legislative package on the emerging technology and try to push it over the finish line. […]
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials on Tuesday said they are looking to improve the veteran experience through the delivery of cutting-edge technology, including the use of facial recognition tech in the intensive care units (ICU) at VA hospitals. […]
Jane Rathbun has been tapped to serve as the Department of the Navy’s chief information officer (CIO) on a more permanent basis, officially dropping the “acting” title as of Oct. 29. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop benchmarks to measure Federal office building use and get rid of unneeded space, especially with recent increases in telework. […]
As Federal government agencies are fast-tracking their secure multi-cloud journeys, experts this week urged agencies to take a “trust, but verify” approach to cloud security, which may require a cultural change across organizations. […]
The top executive at SAIC today pointed to the company’s mission of creating technology solutions to help solve national security problems, and in particular to the role of its “innovation factory” approach to doing so. […]
Are you a current or former service member or government employee with knowledge of UFO-related incidents? If the answer is yes, the Pentagon wants to hear from you. […]
With ever-increasing cybersecurity attacks against American infrastructure, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called on Congress today to reauthorize key DHS authorities to reinforce the agency’s ability to protect against foreign cyberattacks. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is getting close to releasing a proposal that would offer “equity around pay and flexibilities in the workplace” for Federal government tech and cybersecurity personnel, OPM Director Kiran Ahuja said today. […]
The White House is asking Congress for an additional $9.1 billion to support the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including $6 billion to help fund its Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and $3.1 billion for the FCC to fund the removal of outdated communications infrastructure operated by providers. […]
The IRS is looking to implement and test new modernized technology to run parallel with legacy technology after the 2024 filing season, which a top IRS official this week said will eventually replace the legacy systems. […]
Top officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are getting first use of the department’s secret-level version of Microsoft 365 delivered in an Impact Level 6 (IL6) cloud environment – and aptly named DoD365-Secret – a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
After a year of planning, military service branches and defense agencies have submitted their zero trust security implementation plans to the Department of Defense (DoD) zero trust team for evaluation, according to the department’s zero trust lead. […]
With the growing need to get cloud service capabilities online and operational across the Federal government, the chief information officer at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is making clear that agencies do not need to employ an “army” to get started on that work. […]
The top Republican on the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee – the congressional arm that maintains oversight of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – said today that an insufficient workforce remains the top cyber threat to our nation. […]
Witnesses at a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology joint subcommittee hearing on Wednesday praised the work the Federal government has done to start building a foundation for a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, but said more work is needed. […]
A Defense Department (DoD) spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today that Joe Larson, a long-time Pentagon leader overseeing the use and scaling of digital and algorithmic technologies for war, plans to step down from his post effective February 1, 2024. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and 17 international partners rolled out the first new batch of updates to its “secure-by-design” guidance document Monday. […]
Jane Rathbun, acting chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Navy, hailed the service branch’s progress toward zero trust security principles through its Flank Speed technology effort during an Oct. 13 address at AFCEA NOVA’s Naval IT event coinciding with the 248th anniversary of the U.S. Navy’s founding. […]
The U.S. Air Force and Space Force face a tough race for technological superiority with China, which continues to modernize its air and space forces to project power in the Indo-Pacific region, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said this week. […]
A group of 16 Democratic lawmakers – led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. – are pushing President Biden to use the administration’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights as the foundation of his forthcoming AI executive order (EO). […]
Two top intelligence officials from both the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command said Tuesday that China’s innovation in space – and specifically with satellites – over the last decade is one of the nation’s top threats to space capabilities. […]
With 85 percent of the Federal workforce living outside of the Washington, D.C., area, the President’s Pay Agent wants to ensure that locality pay is competitive across the nation. […]
Following an independent report urging NASA to take a more permanent role in researching unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) – or UFOs as they are more commonly referred to – the space agency recently appointed Mark McInerney as director of UAP research. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced that it is creating a new team to counter claims that the agency overpays individuals through SSA programs, including the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. […]
Michael Whitaker, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), was well-received at his Oct. 4 confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is investing millions into projects that make advancements in technologies that protect the security of health data, the agency announced last week. […]
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said today that Congress should focus AI legislation efforts on confidence in U.S. elections, warning that AI can make the 2016 elections look like “child’s play” compared to what’s in store for 2024. […]
With few guiding lights available for government agencies to manage their artificial intelligence (AI) deployments, a new service just out from stackArmor is looking to fill that void in the same manner that the government’s FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) has been doing for years in certifying the security of cloud services used by Federal agencies. […]